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ADB appoints Woochong Um as Managing Director General
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], February 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Woochong Um as its Managing Director General.
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Top medical journal calls for three urgent steps against COVID-19
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): In an analysis, the Lancet COVID-19 Commission has called for three urgent actions in the COVID-19 response.
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ADB, Medanta sign debt financing to support Covid-19 response
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a Rs 100 crore debt financing agreement with Global Health Private Ltd (Medanta) to provide essential health care services and medical equipment to help combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
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WHO lauds PM Modi for making COVID-19 response into a Jan Andolan
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Lauding the efforts by India in the fight against COVID-19, country representative of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making it a Jan Andolan (people's movement).
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Russia reports 16,627 coronavirus cases, 497 deaths
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's COVID-19 response centre reported 16,627 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with 497 patients dying of the virus.
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US partners with State of California to open 2 vaccination sites:
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US federal government is partnering with the state of California to open two community vaccination centers, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday.
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US Treasury Chief discusses pandemic, climate change with World Ba
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed in a telephone call with World Bank President David Malpass coordination on COVID-19 response, vaccine access to the poorest countries and climate change.
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India avoided 37 lakh COVID-19 cases, 1 lakh deaths due to its res
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Chief Economic Advisor Dr K Subramanian on Friday said India's COVID-19 response strategy helped the country to prevent 37 lakh cases and 1 lakh deaths.
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WHO chief lauds India, PM Modi for support to global COVID-19 resp
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 23 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday expressed gratitude to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for continued support to the global COVID-19 response against the pandemic.
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We can try to do better: Under-fire China responds to criticism of
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): After an independent panel slammed China for acting "too slowly" on the COVID-19 outbreak, an under-fire China responded to the criticism by saying that it agrees there is always room for improvement while denying that the country was poorly handling the pa
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Bill Gates hails India's leadership in scientific innovation, vac
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): US business magnate, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates on Tuesday applauded India's effort in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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France grants Legion of Honor orders to COVID-19 responders
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of people who were at the frontlines of the COVID-19 response in France last year were awarded the Legion of Honor orders of merit, the French government's official gazette, Journal Officiel, reported on Friday.
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